bullseye

See also: bull's-eye and bull's eye

English

A window made with many bullseyes.

Alternative forms

• bull's-eye

Etymology

From bull's +‎ eye.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlzaɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊlzaɪ/

Noun

bullseye (plural bullseyes)

1. (military, firearms) The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
2. A shot which hits the centre of a target.
3. (darts) The two central rings on a dartboard.
4. A peppermint-flavoured confection with stripes on it.
5. (nautical, obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
6. A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
7. The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
8. A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:

     He put on his fur coat and hat and went out into the hall. There he paused, hearing the slow heavy tread of the policeman on the pavement outside and seeing the flash of the bull's-eye reflected in the window.

9. (UK, slang) A £50 banknote.

Derived terms

• bullseye lantern

Translations

centre of a target

• Afrikaans: kol
• Armenian: նշանակետ (hy) (nšanaket)
• Bulgarian: център на мишена (centǎr na mišena)
• Catalan: fitó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靶心 (zh) (bǎxīn), 紅心／红心 (zh) (hóngxīn), 红心 (zh) (hóngxīn)

• Dutch: roos (nl)
• Finnish: kymppi (fi), napakymppi (fi), häränsilmä (fi)
• French: mille (fr) m, mouche (fr) f
• German: Mitte (de) f
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• Ido: skopo-punto
• Italian: centro del bersaglio m
• Maori: pokapū
• Navajo: ałnííʼ góneʼ
• Norwegian: midt i blinken
• Portuguese: na mosca f, muche f
• Russian: я́блочко мише́ни n (jábločko mišéni), я́блочко (ru) n (jábločko) (мише́ни)
• Spanish: centro del blanco m
• Turkish: orta (tr)
• Yiddish: צילאַפּל n (tsilapl), צילאַפּלען n pl (tsiaplen)

darts: two central rings of the dartboard

• Finnish: häränsilmä (fi)
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peppermint flavoured sweet

• Finnish: nekku (fi)
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• Swedish: polkagris (sv) c

thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light

• Bulgarian: илюмина́тор (bg) m (iljuminátor)
• Catalan: ull de bou m
• French: hublot (fr) m
• German: Bullauge (de) n
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• Polish: bulaj (pl) m
• Russian: иллюмина́тор (ru) m (illjuminátor)
• Spanish: ojo de buey (es) m

shot which hits the centre of a target

• Dutch: voltreffer (nl)
• Finnish: täysosuma (fi), napakymppi (fi)
• German: Volltreffer (de) m
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• Japanese: 図星 (ja) (ずぼし, zuboshi), 大当たり (おおあたり, ōatari)
• Spanish: diana (es) f
• Turkish: tam isabet

hand-cancelled postmark

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central part of crown glass disk

• Finnish: pullonpohjalasi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: cul-de-bouteille (fr) m

convex lens

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Interjection

bullseye

1. A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
2. By extension, a response when someone makes an accurate statement.

   "Did John steal the petty-cash?" "Bullseye"

Translations

cry

• Finnish: napakymppi (fi)
• French: dans le mille (fr)
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• Greek: διάνα (el) (diána)

response when someone makes an accurate statement

• Finnish: oikein (fi), aivan (fi), juuri niin
• German: Volltreffer (de) m
• Greek: διάνα (el) (diána)
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• Hungarian: telitalálat
• Swedish: mitt i prick
• Turkish: tam isabet

See also

• bull's eye